evaluate the same patient will arrive at the same diag-
nostic formulation (high interrater reliability).
Several structured diagnostic interviews are
available to clinical psychologists to help evaluate
both adults and youth. Figure 6-1 presents a por-
tion of the Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I
DSM-IVDisorders (First, Spitzer, Gibbon, & Wil-
liams, 1995), known as the SCID-I. This section of
SPECIFIC PHOBIA CRITERIA
A, B, C, D, E, F, AND G
ARE CODED “3”
INDICATE TYPE:
(Check all that apply)
Animal Type (includes insects)
Natural Environment Type (includes storms,
heights, water)
Blood/Injection/Injury Type (includes
seeing blood or injury or receiving an
injection or other invasive procedure)
Situational Type (includes public trans-
portation, tunnels, bridges, elevators,
flying, driving, or enclosed places)
Other Type (for example, fear of situations
that might lead to choking, vomiting, or
contracting an illness)
Specify:
? 1 2 3 F74
F75
F76
F77
F78
F79
? 1 2 3 F80
GO TO
*OBSESSIVE
COMPULSIVE
DISORDERS
SPE-
CIFIC
PHO-
BIA
SPECIFIC PHOBIA CHRONOLOGY
IF UNCLEAR: During the past
month have you been bothered by
(SPECIFIC PHOBIA)?
Has met criteria for Specific
Phobia during past month
INDICATE CURRENT SEVERITY:
1 – Mild: Few, if any, symptoms in excess of those required to make the diagnosis
are present, and symptoms result in no more than minor impairments in social
or occupational functioning.
2 – Moderate: Symptoms or functional impairment between “mild” and “severe”
are present.
3 – Severe: Many symptoms in excess of those required to make the diagnosis or
several symptoms that are particularly severe are present, or the symptoms re-
sult in marked impairment in social or occupational functioning.
CONTINUE WITH *AGE AT ONSET*, BELOW.
F81
? = inadequate information 1 = absent or false 2 = subthreshold 3 = threshold or true
F I G U R E 6-1 (Continued)
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